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幕末 - Words About the End of the Edo Period

攘夷 - じょう い - Expel the barbarians
開国 - かい こく - Open the country
江戸時代 - えどじだい - Edo Period
明治時代 - めいじじだい - Meiji Period
新撰組 - しんせんぐみ - New Selected Corps - Shinsengumi
徳川慶喜 - とくがわ・よしのぶ - Tokugawa Yoshinobu
幕府 - ばくふ - Bakufu - (Tokugawa) Shogunate
天皇 - てんのう - Emporer
明治維新 - めいじいしん - Meiji Restoration
戦利品 - せんりひん - war spoils
丸腰 - まるごし - unarmed
鎖国 - さこく - national isolation
参勤交代 - さんきんこうたい - System of alternating residence
征夷大将軍 - せいいたいしょうぐん - Title of Shogun
脱藩 - だっぱん - leaving ones han
武士 - ぶし - warrior; samurai
敵 - かたき - enemy
血判状 - けっぱんじょう - agreement sealed with blood
上洛 - じょうらく - Going up to Kyoto
峰打ち - みねうち - striking someone with the blunt side of the sword
拙者 - せっしゃ - I, me

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  • 08:32:23 ummm k I have a question... When asking would you like something to eat would Nani tabetai desu ka? Be incorrect... the lesson i just used says Nanika tabetai desu ka?
  • 12:15:58 明けましたおめでとう!
  • 15:36:04 M Utley - Nani (o) tabetai desu ka? would mean What do you want to eat? But Nanika Tabetai desu ka? means Do you want something to eat? The difference in meaning is slight, but it's there!
  • 18:12:03 ah i see thank you~^^~
  • 12:04:51 very helpful! thx
  • 12:37:49 Back in the day the Japanese language used to be so cool. Now it's just sold out...
  • 18:49:06 To whom?
  • 21:19:10 i still thing the Japanese language is totally awesome. im learning sheerly because of how cool it sounds. i will probably never touch the shores of japan or use it in life. the most use i will probably get out of it is being able to watch raw anime and not need subs
  • 21:19:21 think*
  • 00:23:57 I love it too, it's so complex and sounds cool when a native speaks fast.

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